Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Pitching in to Create a New Kind of Safe Mask

Tufts engineering student and medical school alum were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling diving masks for emergency and OR docs

China

Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Renamed for Stuart B. Levy

The longtime Tufts researcher and physician was a booming voice on the consequences of antibiotic resistance
Celebrating a Software Pioneer

Fifty years ago, Janice Lourie started a revolution in textile manufacturing with IBM’s first software patent, and now as an artist continues to transcend boundaries
Tufts Is Studying a Pilot COVID-19 Test That Could Help Neighboring Schools

Faculty, staff, and students can take part in the effort
Getting Smarter About the Mind

A new consortium to explore the inner workings of our brains will further Daniel Dennett’s legacy at Tufts

Events

Sep 28
Ideas Competition Information Session
Sep 29
Ideas Competition Information Session
Sep 30
Foundations of Team Science Workshop

Spotlights

Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Currently under construction, the new complex will be an integrated teaching and research center on the Medford/Somerville campus featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students.
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Convergence Laboratory

Addresses the most serious diseases and medical conditions through collaborative research among investigators in various fields.
Bridge Professorships

Encouraging the recruitment of interdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research are relevant to multiple academic units.
M.S. in Innovation Management

An intensive, one-year professional master’s program that prepares you with important business and leadership skills to hit the ground running earlier in your career.
Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS)

A graduate-level program that takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water issues worldwide. Provides students with the perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems.